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Covered in Swiss Meringue Buttercream Frosting, this two-tier octagon cake was carved from two 14-inch by 3-inch round cakes. It is simply decorated in candy dots and sprinkles. The flowers are made of gumpaste with vanilla wafer faces, painted with black airbrush color. The center dowel has a fiber-optic light attached at the top, to simulate a sprinkler watering the flowers.
This is my twist on a cake originally done by Pink Cake Box, done for my grandson's wedding, and named after his bride. Dark red gumpaste roses and calla lilies adorn this cake, with petals cascading down from tier to tier. The paste was colored bright red, then painted with burgundy powdered color, then dusted with dark red food color. The tiers were covered with MFF and sprayed with pearl dust. I wish I had more opportunities to do cakes like this one. The separators were made by covering 2" dummies with velvet and satin ribbons. Satin ribbon also bordered the bottom of each tier.
What a learning experience! I've never sculpted an insect before. All gumpaste with carved styrofoam bases for rocks; brushed with pearl dust. Dragonflies are a little bit from nature, a little bit from whimsy.
This is the project I did for Techniques of Cake Decorating, Course 3, at the Institute of Culinary Education, with Toba Garrett. Course 3 concentrates on British techniques, hence the cake is completely iced in Royal Icing. The flowers and ivy are all gumpaste. The piping is done in the Lambeth style, with fine piping between the rings around the top border, trellis netting piped down, but not touching, the sides, and piped decorations on the board. The monogrammed heart box and hanky are made of pastillage.
Gumpaste rose, shadowed and highlighted with powdered color.
Gumpaste lily, shadowed and highlighted with powdered color, dotted with liquid gel food color applied with fine round brush
Gumpaste rose, shadowed and highlighted with powdered colors
Gumpaste blue poppy, shadowed with powdered color.
Gumpaste moth orchid, colored with powdered colors.
Rolled fondant covered board, liquid gel pastes thinned with water. Fan brush used.
Rolled fondant covered board, liquid gel paste colors thinned with water.
This is my first sculpted cake, which I made for my nephew's twenty-first birthday. I had to replicate the shape of a Captain Morgan Private Stock rum bottle. The cylinder in front of the cake represents a Captain and Coke, a favorite drink amongst the younger crowd. It is a cylinder of cake, filled with icing, and wrapped in parchment paper. I had some trouble with the icing getting soft around the bottom of the cake, because of the warmth of the restaurant, but at least it stayed on. I presented it on a cocktail server's tray. The Captain on the left is a laminated replica printed from the company's web page.
This cake was decorated during a power blackout. Since it was too dark to color icings to make decorations, I used various fruit snacks and assorted colored Tootsie Rolls to make the burger toppings. The bun cakes were covered in rolled fondant and airbrushed. The burger was a big, fat fudge brownie.
I did this cake back shortly before I finished Wilton 1, for my nephew's Luau-themed birthday party. I used the Wonder Pan for the top, overfilling it so it reached the maximum 8" diameter. For the base tier I used a 9"x3" round pan. The French Buttercream icing was piped on in a shell pattern, then smoothed slightly with a hot spatula to give it the texture you see in the side. The shell pattern was not smoothed beneath the raspberry filling/lava. The sides were airbrushed.
Relative got married in Las Vegas, May 2006. I surprised her with this so she could cut a wedding cake while surrounded by family and friends. Specs as follows: 6"x3" Contour pan 10"x3" Contour pan Lemon Poppyseed Buttercake SatinIce Rolled Fondant - White Embosser Roller - Tropical Miltonia Orchid Sprays Organza Ribbon Pearl Spray - purchased at Michael's
I did this cake for a relative's graduation. Specs as follows: 14"x14"X3" stacked squares, vanilla and chocolate. French Buttercream Icing SatinIce Rolled Fondant - White Embossing Mat - Arabesque Scrolls Painted with 24K Gold Dust
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